Convertible bed



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NICOLOSI CONVERTIBLE BE Filed June 17 2 Shanta- 1 Sept. 16, 1924.1,508,406

s. NICOLOSl CONVERTIBLE BED Filed June 17 1920 2 Shayla-Sheet 2 PatentedSept. 16, l924.

unrrsn sTaTss SALVATORE NICOL-OSI, OF YORK, N. Y.

CONVERTIBLE BED.

Application filed June 17, 1920. Serial No. 389,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALVATORE NIooLosI, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New. York and State of NewYork, l 1ave'invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inConvertible Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in convertible beds and has foran vobject the provision of an article of furniture of this type whichmay be economically constructed, and manipulated with a minimumexpenditure of effort, and is adapted to be used for a variety ofpurposes.

A particular object of this invention contemplates the. provision of acompact convertible bed normally occupying a minimum of space and whichmay be readily converted into a double bed, the arrangement of the partsbeing such as to permit their operation withthe greatest ease andfacility.

Another object'of this invention contemplates the provision of aconvertible bed having a receptacle for bed clothesattached to the bedframe work beneath the mattress portion and a plurality of mattresssections hingedly connected to the receptacle at one side thereof, andpivoted together on the opposite side thereof, so that normally saidsections form la closure for the receptacle, but may be swung about thehinged connection with the receptacle, to permit access thereto, or maybe unfolded,'by virtue of their pivotal connection with one another toform a double bed.

With the foregoing objects in view, other objects of my invention willappear as the description proceeds, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein likereference characters designate similar parts throughout the severalfigures. I

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved convertiblebed in its closed position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustratingthe bed-partly open, parts being removed for the sake of clearness; Fig.3 is an. end view partly in section of the bed as illustrated in Fig. 1;Fig. 4 is similarly an end View of the arrangement as illustrated inFig. 2; Fig. 5 is an end view showing in full lines the bed completelyopen and in dotted lines the various positions of the bed during itsopening.

From a consideration of the drawings it,

will be seen that my improved convertible bed comprises end frames AandB provided with suitable legs 1, connected together at opposite sidesby longitudinal siderails 1 and transverse'end rails Q, Additional transverse bars 2" connect the adjacent legs in order to strengthenthe parts,and render them mor e rigid and durable. I provide a bed section v orspring'mattress portion C comprising three spring mattress sectionsconsisting of an outer swinging section 3;

an inner or mam swinging section 4, and an intermediate section 5. Theinner or main section lie hingedly or pivotally connected to the framework along one side thereof as shown at 6 in Fig.1 2. The intermediatesection 5 comprises normally uprightlinlrs 5 pivoted to the innersection 4 as at 8 and pivoted to the outer section 3 as at 9, thearrangement and connection being such as to permit the sections to befolded together to form a day bed as shown in Fig. 4t or unfolded toform a double bed as shown 'in full lines in Fig. 5.

An upright member 7 is rigidly attached to the section 3 at its outerside and is adapt: ed to rest on section 4 as shown at F when the bed isin its folded position. For supporting section 3 in an unfoldedhorizontal positiona s shown in full lines in Fig. 5 there is providedat each end of the bed a movable leg 12, pivotedthereto at 14;, each ofthese legs being pivotally connected at 13 witha link 10, pivoted to thelinkb of the intermediate spring mattress section at 11, the

link connect-ion being such that on raising "the section 3,fromtheposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 wherein the legs arefolded close to the section, the legs 12 will be opened and will restupon the floor thus serving to support the/section while the bed is usedas a double bed. I

the receptacle. In order to maintain the v,

spring mattress portion C in this elevated osition as shown in Fig.elrods 15 are provided at both ends of the bed, these rods beingpivotally connected to the section l at 16 and provided with loosechains 17 adapted to be attached {at any desired point on the springs toposition said. rods out of the way when the spring mattress portion C islowered to close said receptacle.

In order to provide a more rigid connection between the frame work andthe legs 1 of the bed, brace bars 20 are pivotally connected to the legsand adapted to engage with studs 21 on the longitudinal side rails 1.Adjustable head rests 22 are pivotally connected to the legs as at 23and by means of coiled springs 24 attached to the members 2 and to thelower sides of said head rests, the latter may be conveniently disposedat any desired angle or inclination merely by the application of slightpres-- sure thereon, the normal tendency of the head rests due to thespring being to assume an upright position. By this construction, thehead rests are not only selfadjusting but should the stuffed mattressstretch, as it usually does, the swinging of the sections together topermit access to the receptacle in one direction or the swinging of thetop section independently of the lower section in the opposite directionto transform the bed into a double bed, will automatically swing thehead rests away from each other, thereby to permit the sections to beswung in the manner just described, since the stuffed mattress, beingsoft, will not mar the head rests, while at the same time will, asstated, push them apart and facilitate the swinging of the sections. Asshown in Fig. 1 the spring mattress sections may be provided with asuitable mattress E.

It will be particularly noted that the end links 5 of the intermediatespring portion 5, when the mattress sections are in folded condition,act as spacing members in conjunction with the member 7, thus permittingthe sections to be folded without necessitating the removal. of themattresses. The spacing of the two sections apart by the intermediatesection and the spacing member 7 will also permit the top or outerspring mattress section to have increased resiliency. Further-more thelinks" 5 of the intermediate section 5 may be varied in width not onlyto accommodate any desired thickness of mattress but also to increasethe length of the bed when unfolded and converted into a double bed.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have provided an improvedday bed that may be readily and with great ease and facility convertedinto a double bed, the length or width of the double bed as shown inFig. 5 being twice the width of the day bed, increased in accordancewith the width of the intermediate spring section 5. Thus my improvedday bed will occupy the smallest possible space, and inasmuch as thelinks 5 may be varied in length as desired the length of the converteddouble bed may be desirably increased or decreased without necessitatingthe increase or decrease in the width of the main bed structure.

It will be further observed that I have provided a day bed comprising athree-part mattress or bed section having the outer and intermediatesections pivoted together at one side, but independently of theframework, and having the inner section pivoted directly to theframework at the opposite side thereof so as to have a single swingingmovement relatively thereto. The construction therefore, is such thatthe bed may be converted into a double bed merely by raising the outersection without necessitating the lifting or movement of the innersection at all. Furthermore, in unfolding the three-part bed section,the outer section alone need be raised, and the outer section alone isreversed, and in the entire operation of converting the day bed into adouble bed, a single section of the threepart bed section is raised anda single section is inverted but once. Also, it will be noted that theinner section 4 is swung to uncover the receptacle in the oppositedirection from that in which the outer section 3 is swung to convert thebed.

It will also be seen that in this improved convertible bed the pair ofmain bed sec tions connected by the intermediate section fit between theupper ends of the end frames and rest upon the side bars while thereceptacle or boX also fits between the same end frames and is suspendedbelow the side bars, so that both the receptacle and the convertible bedsprings are located between the upper and lower ends of the end frames,but should the receptacle be removed the structure is still a full andcomplete bed and convertible into a double bed.

It will be understood that various changes in details in theconstruction or arrangement of parts, may be made without departing fromthe spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A convertible bed structure comprising framework consisting of a pair ofconnected end frames, a receptacle supported thereby, a pair of swingingmain spring mattress sections normally superimposed one above the otherto form a single bed and forming a closure for the receptacle, the lowerof said sections having a hinged connection along one side edge thereofwith said framework, an intermediate spring mattress section spacing andhinge-connecting the two main mattress sections along the opposite sideedge of the lower secrests shiftable away from each other on the tion,whereby all of said sections may be swinging of the mattress sections;and 10 swung in one direction to permit access to springs for. returningsaid head rests to the receptacle and the top main section their normalposition. swung in the opposite direction and re- Signed at New York, inthe countyiand versed to form with the lower main section State of NewYork this 12th of June, and intermediate section a double bed, a 1920.pair of pivotally supported adjustable head SALVATORE NICOLOSI.

